Swiss K31 Advice

[Shawn.L]

yes, he did kick my ass with a moldy rusty beat up smelly nasty trigger like a brick mosin nagant. but Im not resentful or anything

[Mauler88]

my 2 K31. one is my shooter one is "safe" queen

[crazy charlie]

I say again www.surplusrifle.com.
Don't alter it and the folks there can possibly steer you in the right direction for scoping.
Charlie

[Shawn.L]

Originally Posted by crazy charlie

I say again www.surplusrifle.com.
Don't alter it and the folks there can possibly steer you in the right direction for scoping.
Charlie

not going to mess with it.
no scope.

thanks for the link

[Joe Smith]

Originally Posted by Shawn.L

not going to mess with it.
no scope.

thanks for the link

I concur.
Millsurp rifles work just fine with irons. If they needed a scope they would come with them.

If I can group COM @ 200 yards I'm happy. The AR (in theory) is close to MOA so I'll try that out when I get a sight.

[Willie D]

My K31 hits just below the bullseye with a center hold at 100yds. At 200yds and higher I'm told you need to start using a 6 o'clock hold. The original manuals on Swissrifles.com say something similar IIRC.

There is usually an armorer's mark on most K31s indicating the windage zero for that particular rifle.

[K31]

All I did to finish the wood on mine was strip it down with aircraft stripper, steam out all the dents real good. I very light sand with 220 grit a good once over with super fine steel wool and about 10 coats of BLO+Turp and beeswax. Comes out like this...

[Shawn.L]

so, I got one of the swiss slings that go with this rifle.
anyone got a good pic/description of how it is supposed to go on? I think I have it on right but I want to be sure.
It is different than the sling I use for CMP on my AR, how are you supposed to use these?

[righteousbarbarian]

So I'm taking gun pics this morning and thought this would be a good opportunity to show off my new K31. I haven't even gotten a chance to fire it yet but I was pretty pleased with the cosmetic condition when it arrived so I don't anticipate anything too disappointing at the range. I just need a sling for it and maybe a good scope... we'll see.

clicky clicky.



I also bought enough GP11 ammo and stripper clips to kill several hundred invading fascists, or just have hours of expensive fun at the range.



I also bought enough GP11 from Dan's Ammo to kill several hundred invading fascists.

-edit-

oh hey, can anyone tell me how to figure out how old the rifle is?

[righteousbarbarian]

If anyone would like to know what year their K31 was produced, take a look at this page.

http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html#m31

Mine was produced in 1943. I just looked beneath the butt plate and found the original owners name on a card too! so amazing...